The "last movie I saw" thread

[SeattleUte]

Yeah that asshole hack Martin Scorsese always f*king up gangster films...

You show time after time that you are not a sophisticated or abstract thinker. The point is that this film suffered by comparison to his great films.

[Topper]

You show time after time that you are not a sophisticated or abstract thinker. The point is that this film suffered by comparison to his great films.

Abstract thinking on a sports message board frequented by middle aged white men?!

[RC Vikings]

I watched the Departed. Finished it because I promised my son I would. Last film I watched at his insistence, There Will be Blood, I loved. The Departed was just terrible. Sad to see all those tropes from old gangster films I loved so shabby and poorly used. And it won best picture? Worst best picture ever except Braveheart.

Have you looked through the list of movies that year, really not a very good year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_film

[CardiacCoug]

Y

Much like Pulp Fiction, you're not quite sure what the point of the entire plot is, but then that's not the point here. I'd see it again in the theatre without too much compunction.

I agree and saw a review where they called this a “hang out movie” rather than a plot-driven movie.

You just hang out with the characters portrayed by Brad Pitt and Leo and Margot Robbie and don’t worry about where the story is headed. It’s 2+ hours of just hanging out with the characters and soaking up the ambience of late 1960s Hollywood, followed by a payoff of action at the end.

I still think they could have edited out 30 minutes of it but it was solid — loved the scene at the Spahn Movie Ranch. That was so good.

[frank ryan]

Have you looked through the list of movies that year, really not a very good year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_film

Some good stuff came out that year: Pan's Labrynth, Little Miss Sunshine, The Last King of Scotland, V For Vendetta, The Illusionist and The Lives of Others were all enjoyable to excellent.

Y

loved the scene at the Spahn Movie Ranch. That was so good.

I didn't realize until I visited wikipedia that Spahn gave the Manson family members their nicknames, usually for pervy reasons.

[creekster]

Departed is a solid B+ or A- Sadly the only reason it wasn’t a solid A was because of Nicholson. He was too over the top. Great movie with an excellent ending :condom:

I think it is a great movie except the very end when the rat walk out. The rat was just too far for me, but up until then i thought it was fantastic. I liked Nicholson too, although he was a bit over the top at times, but he's Jack, after all.

[Joe Public]

Have you looked through the list of movies that year, really not a very good year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_film

Some good stuff came out that year: Pan's Labrynth, Little Miss Sunshine, The Last King of Scotland, V For Vendetta, The Illusionist and The Lives of Others were all enjoyable to excellent.


I didn't realize until I visited wikipedia that Spahn gave the Manson family members their nicknames, usually for pervy reasons.

Idiocracy was prescient.

[frank ryan]

Idiocracy was prescient.

Missed that. That’s also a noteworthy and prophetic film.

[Northwestcoug]

I think it is a great movie except the very end when the rat walk out. The rat was just too far for me, but up until then i thought it was fantastic. I liked Nicholson too, although he was a bit over the top at times, but he's Jack, after all.

Thank you. I wasn't going to add to the conversation, but that last scene was verrrrrry lame. Enough to bump it down to a 'B'.

[SeattleUte]

Some good stuff came out that year: Pan's Labrynth, Little Miss Sunshine, The Last King of Scotland, V For Vendetta, The Illusionist and The Lives of Others were all enjoyable to excellent.


I didn't realize until I visited wikipedia that Spahn gave the Manson family members their nicknames, usually for pervy reasons.

The Lives of Others. One of my all-time favorites. THAT is a great film.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Thank you. I wasn't going to add to the conversation, but that last scene was verrrrrry lame. Enough to bump it down to a 'B'.

I loved the ending.

[falafel]

I loved the ending.

Me too. The rat part never bothered me, but Mark Walberg's reappearance was great.

[Commando]

You show time after time that you are not a sophisticated or abstract thinker. The point is that this film suffered by comparison to his great films.

[Commando]

— loved the scene at the Spahn Movie Ranch. That was so good.

QT does this thing with suspense where he can make you just spin in your seat in dread. I think he abused those powers in The Hateful 8, but Inglorious Basterds greatly benefitted from it in several scenes. Same thing here-- I was blindsided by the suspense in that Spahn Ranch scene.

[SeattleUte]

I loved the ending.

The ending of The Lives of Others was among the greatest.